Case for shaving appliances.



W. L. CLARK. CASE FOR SHAVIN'G APPLIANCES.

nrmcuxon rump 11:12.15, 1907.

Patented Sept 20, 1910.

WALTER LEIGHTON CLARK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CASE FOR SI-IAVING APPLIANCES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

Application filed February 18, 1907. Serial No. 358,099.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VAT/PER LEIGI-I'ION CLARK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases for ShavingAppliances, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is intended to provide a simple, compact and durable caseor box which will contain a razor of the ordinary or open-blade type,together with a stick of shaving soap or a shaving brush, or both, andresides in certain features of construction hereinafter set forth andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectionthrough one form of case made in accordance with my invention; Fig.2 isa perspective view showing the parts by which the interior of the caseshown in Fig. 1 is divided into compartments; Fig. 3 is a top plan viewof the same case, with its cover removed; and Fig. 4 is a view similarto Fig. 3, but illustrating a modified construction.

As represented in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, my case comprises a cylindrical tubeorbody portion 2 which is preferably made of thin sheet metal and has aclosed bottom 3, being provided at its top with a cover 4 telescopicallyfitted thereto. The interior of the body portion 2 is divided intolongitudinally-extending compartments by means of the parts illustratedin perspective in Fig. 2 and consisting of a tube 5, open atboth ends,and a supplementary partition piece such as a strip 6 which has the samelength as the tube 5, or substantially so, and is preferably secured atits longitudinal center to one side of said tube 5, the longitudinaledges 7 of the strip 6 being bent away from the tube as shown. The parts5 and 6 are so proportioned with respect to the tube 2 that wheninserted into the latter the edges 7 0f the strip 6 and the oppositeside of the tube 5 will simultaneously engage the interior walls of thetube 2, as shown in Fig. 3, thus providing Within said tube two maincompartments 8 and 9, of which the former is of a suitable shape toreceive an ordinary razor while the latter is adapted to receive ashaving brush or a shaving stick, or both, the tube 5 and strip 6 beingpreferably made of sheet metal and given substantially the same lengthas the tube 2. These parts 5 and 6 may be permanently secured within thetube 2 if desired, but I prefer to cause them to be held therein byfriction only, so that they may be readily removed, to which end thestrip 6 is so formed as to cause its edges 7 to exert against theinterior of the tube 2 a spring pressure sufiicient for the intendedpurpose.

In order to prevent the contents of the case from rattling within it, Iprefer to provide one or more strip springs 10 each secured within oneof the compartments 8 and 9, in position to bear against whatever may becontained therein.

In Fig. 1 three springs are shown, one for each of the articles intendedto be carried in the case, each spring being riveted at one end to thecombined parts 5 and 6 at their adjacent or connected sides. Thesesprings are intended to exert a pressure on the contents of the casewhich will be sufficient to prevent such contents from moving aboutwithin said case, but not sufiicient to prevent them from falling out ofthe case by gravity if the case is inverted, and they may be omittedentirely if desired.

In Fig. 4: I have shown a modification according to which the strip 6 isreplaced by another form of supplementary partition piece consisting ofa flattened tube 11 of the same length as the tube 5 and adapted to formof itself a compartment similar to ,that formed by the strip 6 and thetube 2 conjointly. In this case the tubes 5 and 11 may be caused toexert a spring pressure against the interior of the tube 2 sufficient tohold them in place, and may or may not be secured to each other. Thisconstruction results in a rather more rigid case than the constructionshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, since the three tubes will re-inforce oneanother in an obvious manner, but either arrangement provides aconvenient and durable article which may be produced at small expenseand may be readily finished or ornamented externally in any desiredmanner.

I claim as my invention:

1. A case for shaving appliances comprising a tubular body portionhaving an inner tube of less diameter and a supplementary partitionpiece contained therein and bearing laterally against each other andagainst opposite sides of the body portion, said contained parts beingarranged to form respectively the inner walls oflongitudinally-extending compartments which are open at one end of thecase.

2. A case for shaving appliances comprising a tubular body portion andlongitudinally-extending partition Walls removably located therein, sideby side, and arranged to exerta lateral spring pressure on oppositesides of the interior of said body portion, said partition Wallsproviding longitudinal compartments Within the body portion,substantially as described.

3. A case for shaving appliances compris ing a tubular body portion andan arrangement of partition Walls extending longitudinally therein andconsisting of a tube of less diameter than the body portion and bearingagainst one side of the same, and a supplementary partition piecebearing against the opposite side of said body portion and also againstsaid inner tube, said partition Walls being arranged to exert a lateralpressure on the interior of the body portion whereby they are removablyheld therein.

4. Acase for shaving appliances comprising a tubular body portion andlongitudinally-extending partition Walls contained therein andconsisting of an inner tube and a supplementary partition piece securedto one side thereof and diverging laterally therefrom, said partitionWalls being arranged to bear against opposite sides of the interior ofsaid body portion and providing longitudinal compartments Within thesame Which are open at one end thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 13th dayof February, 1907.

WALTER LEIGHTON CLARK.

WVit-nesses M. E. STODDART, F. S. TUTTLE.

